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Huntsville Police remind residents to secure vehicles and valuables
September 5, 2025
Huntsville Police are encouraging residents to take simple precautions after noticing an uptick in car break-ins and stolen items. From January through June 2025, there were 435 reported car break-ins, compared to 385 during the same period in 2024. Between April and June, 46 firearms were reported stolen from vehicles. Reports also show Mondays have been the most common day for incidents this year. “Every break-in affects real people and families,” Chief [more]
Read More‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ helps keep impaired drivers off the road
September 4, 2025
The Huntsville Police Department (HPD) has wrapped up its participation in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, which ran Aug. 15 through Sept. 2. Throughout the campaign, HPD’s DUI Task Force and patrol officers worked together to keep the City’s roads safe, conducting traffic safety checkpoints and saturation patrols from 6 p.m. and 4 a.m. The coordinated effort resulted in: 53 drivers arrested for driving under the [more]
Read MoreHPD to manage traffic for Mae Jemison High School homecoming parade
September 2, 2025
The Huntsville Police Department (HPD) will provide traffic control and public safety support for the Mae Jemison High School Homecoming Parade on Thursday, Sept. 4, in the Rolling Hills neighborhood. The parade will begin at Rolling Hills Elementary School at 5 p.m. and will travel west on Hilltop Terrace, south on Wayne Court, west on Nabors Lane and south on Lumary Drive, ending at the rear of the school. Roads along the [more]
Read MoreHPD to manage downtown traffic for VBC 5K Music Run
August 28, 2025
The Huntsville Police Department (HPD) will temporarily implement road closures in downtown Huntsville for the Von Braun Center’s 5K Music Run on Saturday, Aug. 30. The race will begin at 8 a.m. and is expected to end by 9 a.m. For the safety of runners and spectators, Monroe Street from Clinton Avenue to Williams Avenue will be closed to all traffic starting at 6:30 a.m. The road will reopen once the [more]
Read MoreHPD’s Summer Slowdown shows impact with stronger enforcement and safer streets
August 22, 2025
The Huntsville Police Department’s (HPD) Summer Slowdown traffic safety initiative ended on Tuesday, Aug. 12, with enforcement efforts resulting in more speeding citations and safer roads across the City. From June 9 to Aug. 12, officers issued 4,446 citations and 2,146 warnings to drivers. During the same period in 2024, HPD reported 3,798 citations and 2,324 warnings. Fatal wrecks during this year’s initiative dropped to eight, down from 10 recorded in [more]
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